Open Your Heart (Europe song)

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"Open Your Heart"
Europe Open Your Heart 1984.jpg
Single by Europe
from the album Wings of Tomorrow
B-side "Wings of Tomorrow"
ReleasedOctober 1984
Genre Heavy metal
Length4:30
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Joey Tempest
Producer(s) Leif Mases
Europe singles chronology
"Stormwind"
(1984)
"Open Your Heart"
(1984)
"Rock the Night"
(1985)
"Open Your Heart"
Europe Open Your Heart 1988 single.jpg
Single by Europe
from the album Out of This World
B-side "Just the Beginning"
ReleasedOctober 1988
Genre Glam metal
Length4:05 (Album Version)
3:54 (Edited Version)
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Joey Tempest
Producer(s) Ron Nevison
Europe singles chronology
"Superstitious"
(1988)
"Open Your Heart"
(1988)
"Let the Good Times Rock"
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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"Open Your Heart" is a power ballad released by the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. It was released twice; in 1984 as a single from the album Wings of Tomorrow , and in 1988 as a single from the album Out of This World . The music video for the 1988 release was directed by Jean Pellerin and Doug Freel [2] and shot in London, England.

Contents

The lyrics are nearly identical in both these versions, except for one verse:

1984: "Oh girl, before I fall... Maybe the sun will continue to shine, maybe the rain will continue to fall, maybe you want to leave me behind, maybe you'll change and give me a call."

1988: "Before we lose it all... Maybe the time has its own way of healing, maybe it dries the tears in your eyes, but never change the way that I'm feeling, only you can answer my cries."

Personnel

1984 version

1988 version

Charts


Charts (1988)Peak
position
Ref.
Belgium Ultratop 31
France SNEP 67
Netherlands Dutch Charts 42
UK Singles Chart 86

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References

  1. Beatmasters and P. P. Arnold (26 October 1988). "Review: Europe — "Open Your Heart" (Epic)". Number One . No. 280. London: IPC Magazines Ltd. p. 40.
  2. "Europe - Open Your Heart - Télécharger clip" (in French). VirginMega.fr. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2008-08-15.